2022 World Series of Poker

Tournament of Champions
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$250,000
Event Info
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
470
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
153
Players Left
16

Gibson Frets the Flip but Doubles Through Speranza

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alan Gibson shoved his last 139,000 from under the gun and Gianluca Speranza called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was heads-up with Gibson at risk.

Alan Gibson: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Gianluca Speranza: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}{q-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and Gibson spiked the river to secure a crucial double through Speranza.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
366,000 -64,000
Alan Gibson us
Alan Gibson
303,000 163,000

Tags: Alan GibsonGianluca Speranza

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Li Eliminated by Chatman

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Fred Li
Fred Li

After he was moved tables, Fred Li lost a big portion of his stack and was then all-in soon after via three-bet shove out of the blinds for the last 108,000. He was called by the initial raiser Christopher Chatman and they were off to the races.

Fred Li: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Christopher Chatman: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop improved Chatman and he remained ahead throughout the {a-Clubs} turn as well as the {10-Clubs} river.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Messick us
Ryan Messick
1,300,000 150,000
Robert Cowen gb
Robert Cowen
WSOP 2X Winner
710,000 30,000
Christopher Bissinger us
Christopher Bissinger
680,000 70,000
Gary Bodley us
Gary Bodley
450,000 20,000
Dominick Sarle
Dominick Sarle
418,000 -48,000
Christopher Chatman us
Christopher Chatman
WSOP 1X Winner
310,000 90,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
250,000 -70,000
Robert Rathbun us
Robert Rathbun
180,000 142,000
Fred Li us
Fred Li
Busted

Tags: Christopher ChatmanFred Li

Bohmerwald Busts With Pocket Pair

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Bohmerwald
Michael Bohmerwald

Michael Bohmerwald shoved his last 149,000 into the middle and Carlos Loving called from the big blind.

Michael Bohmerwald: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Carlos Loving: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{a-Clubs} and Loving made trip aces to knock Bohmerwald out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Loving us
Carlos Loving
878,000 143,000
Michael Bohmerwald us
Michael Bohmerwald
Busted

Tags: Carlos LovingMichael Bohmerwald

Balleur and Asti Eliminated

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Asti
Michael Asti

Gaetan Balleur limp-called all-in for the rest of his severe short stack with the {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and was up against the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} of table neighbour Jonathan Woof. The kicker played on the {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs} board to send the Frenchman out in 38th place.

Moments later, Michael Asti followed suit as he also found no help with a dominated ace. Fred Li emerged victorious with {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} against his {a-Spades}{9-Hearts} thanks to a board of {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} board and that brought the field down to the final four tables.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Woof ca
Jonathan Woof
Day 2 Chip Leader
750,000 96,000
Fred Li us
Fred Li
460,000 100,000
Gaetan Balleur fr
Gaetan Balleur
Busted
Michael Asti us
Michael Asti
Busted

Tags: Fred LiGaetan BalleurJonathan WoofMichael Asti

Garza Scoops Solid Three-Way Pot

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Picking up the action on the {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop, Abbas Alikhani checked in the big blind and Alan Gibson bet 24,000 in the hijack. Raul Garza called on the button and so did Alikhani. On the {j-Clubs} turn, Alikhani checked and Gibson bet another 44,000, which this time was only called by Garza.

Gibson reluctantly check-called a bet worth 50,000 on the {6-Hearts} river and then mucked when Garza revealed the {q-Hearts}{j-Spades} for trips jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Raul Garza us
Raul Garza
575,000 225,000
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
430,000 -70,000
Erik Bauer nl
Erik Bauer
280,000 100,000
Mark Liedtke us
Mark Liedtke
200,000 -100,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
195,000 -65,000
Abbas Alikhani us
Abbas Alikhani
180,000 -115,000
Eric Bensimhon fr
Eric Bensimhon
155,000 5,000
Alan Gibson us
Alan Gibson
140,000 -180,000

Tags: Abbas AlikhaniAlan GibsonRaul Garza

Balleur Bluffs Into Boat

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Gaetan Balleur
Gaetan Balleur

Antoine Vranken was on the button in a heads-up pot against Gaetan Balleur in the big blind.

Balleur checked on the flop of {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and called a bet of 16,000 from Vranken. The turn brought the {8-Spades} and Balleur led out for 35,000. Vranken called.

The river was the {k-Clubs} and Balleur bet 58,000 for most of his stack. Vranken snap-called. Balleur showed a bluff with {6-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Vranken tabled {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for eights full of kings to leave his opponent with crumbs.

Balleur had just 1,000 behind after posting the small blind and managed to spin it up when he got it in with pocket queens and held against ace-jack of an opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Vranken nl
Antoine Vranken
WSOP 1X Winner
400,000 110,000
Gaetan Balleur fr
Gaetan Balleur
6,000 -174,000

Tags: Antoine VrankenGaetan Balleur

Messick Makes a Full House to Bust Bogdanovecz

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Brent Bogdanovecz
Brent Bogdanovecz

Brent Bogdanovecz jammed his last 125,000 from the small blind and Ryan Messick looked him up from the big blind.

Brent Bogdanovecz: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Ryan Messick: {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Messick made fours full of kings to eliminate Bogdanovecz from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Messick us
Ryan Messick
1,150,000 100,000
Brent Bogdanovecz us
Brent Bogdanovecz
Busted

Tags: Brent BogdanoveczRyan Messick

Messick Cracks Kings to Double Through Bissinger

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ryan Messick
Ryan Messick

Christopher Bissinger limped in and Ryan Messick raised to 24,000 out of the hijack. Robert Cowen called in the small blind and Bissinger then limp-raised to force folds.

"If you have two six there, I am impressed," Messick joked, referring to the hand in the big pot prior to the dinner break.

One hand later, Bissinger limped from under the gun again and Messick made it 24,000 once more. Dan Smith called, as did Christopher Chatman out of the big blind. Bissinger then limp-raised to 125,000 and Messick contemplated his option before he pushed for nearly half a million in chips.

Smith tank-folded, while Chatman quickly got out of the way.

Ryan Messick: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Christopher Bissinger: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

This time, Bissinger had a premium hand but failed to hold up on the {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Spades} board. Messick doubled for 488,000 and soared about a million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Messick us
Ryan Messick
1,050,000 770,000
Robert Cowen gb
Robert Cowen
WSOP 2X Winner
680,000 176,000
Christopher Bissinger us
Christopher Bissinger
610,000 -485,000
Gary Bodley us
Gary Bodley
430,000 -90,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
320,000 45,000
Christopher Chatman us
Christopher Chatman
WSOP 1X Winner
220,000 -285,000
Brent Bogdanovecz us
Brent Bogdanovecz
130,000 -100,000
Robert Rathbun us
Robert Rathbun
38,000 38,000

Tags: Christopher BissingerChristopher ChatmanDan SmithRobert CowenRyan Messick

Deyra Hits Wheel to Eliminate Garrett

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ivan Deyra
Ivan Deyra

Patrick Garrett was all in and at risk against Ivan Deyra, who had him covered.

Patrick Garrett: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Ivan Deyra: {a-Spades}{5-Hearts}

Garrett's sevens were still ahead after the flop of {2-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Spades}, though the {3-Diamonds} gave Deyra outs to a Wheel. Sure enough, the {4-Diamonds} arrived on the river to mark Garrett's elimination.

"Oh, shit! Nice hand," Garrett said as he saw the river card.

Around the same time, Michael Iannace was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Deyra fr
Ivan Deyra
WSOP 1X Winner
520,000 95,000
Patrick Garrett us
Patrick Garrett
Busted
Michael Iannace us
Michael Iannace
Busted

Tags: Ivan DeyraMichael IannacePatrick Garrett